BB25-37 Amy Geffen, Job Search Over 55


Building Your Business with Sara Troy and her guest Amy Geffen, on air from Spetmber 16th

After 13 jobs and changing careers four times, I decided to help job seekers by becoming a career coach.  My next-to-last full-time job was as Executive Director of NYSSA, a non-profit association for financial analysts.  I worked with a career coach and took the training to become a career coach.  I continued to work full-time as a Director of Professional Development while coaching part-time. Six years ago, I left my full-time job to devote myself to career coaching. 



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Started out as a teacher of English as a Second Language in the NYC public school system. I attended graduate school at night in French language and literature so I could become a college professor.  When I graduated, there were no jobs in the NY metro area so I transferred my skills to college administration.  I worked for three different colleges in continuing education.  I created online courses in Lotus Notes and then at ASME, I worked with engineers to create courses on Blackboard.  Then I worked for six different nonprofit professional associations. BA Brooklyn College, MA Harvard University, PhD New York University.



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BB25-37. Dianne Crampton’s TIGERS Integration


Building Your Business with Sara Troy and her guest Dianne Crapmton, on air from September 16th

I started TIGERS because I wanted to understand what makes a group of people truly work well together. As a manager, I was discouraged by how much emphasis was placed on individual achievement while the potential of people collaborating with purpose was ignored. I’ve always believed that employees aren’t costs to be controlled—they’re the real stakeholders in an organization’s success. After all, we spend more of our waking hours at work than with our families, and that time should be meaningful. Through decades of research and 34 years of practice, I’ve proven there is a much better way. When trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk resolution and shared success guide how we work, teams achieve extraordinary results—and people end their days feeling engaged, valued, and proud of what they’ve built together.



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After completing graduate-level research that validated the six principles of high-functioning teams, Dianne Crampton launched TIGERS to help progressive leaders master group process through soft skills that drive innovation and minimize destructive conflict. Her early work focused on guiding companies through post-merger integration, cross-functional team development, and organizational change. Today, she certifies HR leaders, consultants, and coaches in the use of TIGERS resources so they can deliver measurable culture improvements inside their own organizations. Clients often describe her work as “a business in a box,” giving managers and facilitators proven systems to stay relevant and effective in an era when AI is reshaping the workplace.




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YH 25-37. Charlotte Mah, Mind-Body Physiotherapist


Your Health is Your Choice with Sara Troy and her guest Charlotte Mah, on air from September 16th

I love supporting high-achieving women who feel stuck, burnt out, or overwhelmed to create the balance and fulfillment they’ve been craving in their lives. For years, I pushed through stress, people-pleasing, and self-doubt until I realized real change doesn’t come from working harder, it comes from working with your nervous system and unconscious mind. Now, through a unique blend of physiotherapy, nervous system regulation, and coaching, I guide women to rewire old patterns, heal from past experiences, and step into their full potential with clarity, confidence, and calm. My mission is to show that lasting transformation happens when we address both body and mind and that you don’t have to sacrifice your well-being to create a life that you love.



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Charlotte Mah is a Registered Physiotherapist and Mind-Body Coach based in Nanaimo, BC. With over a decade of clinical experience, she started her career helping patients recover from injury and pain. Along the way, she came to understand that many of the barriers her clients faced weren’t just physical, they were deeply connected to stress, trauma, and subconscious patterns. After her own journey through burnout and personal transformation, Charlotte trained in advanced techniques like Neuro Linguistic Programming, functional neurology, and nervous system regulation. Today, she combines neuroscience and compassion to help her clients overcome burnout, rewire limiting beliefs, and thrive in all aspects of their lives.

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SE25-35. Sue William Silverman’s Mercy of the Reader


Sensual Expression with Sara Troy and her guest Sue William Silverman, on air from September 2nd

The award-winning voice behind Love Sick:  One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction (which was adapted into a Lifetime movie) and How to Survive Death and Other Inconvenience now new book Selected Misdemeanors: Essays at the Mercy of the Reader, Sue Williams Silverman.

A master of metaphor and a longtime teacher of creative nonfiction, Silverman uses each essay in Selected Misdemeanors to reveal a kind of emotional misdemeanor—a misstep, a moment of contradiction, a wound we give ourselves while yearning for something more.

In this collection of flash nonfiction “misdemeanors,” she explores small yet shimmering moments where home and belonging weave themselves through life’s contradictions. The brevity of the flash form allows her to capture meaning with precision—each piece a distillation of memory, metaphor, and subtle irony. She chose this form for its ability to hold something so short yet resonant, a space where metaphor deepens the emotional truth and irony reveals the complexity of human experience. These stories often pivot on contradictions—those universal tensions we all contain—and invite readers to see themselves within them. As she says, “I never wanted to drink crème de menthe, I just wanted to admire it. Some things are better left imagined,” a line that reflects both the restraint and the richness at the heart of her storytelling.



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Silverman is best known for Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction, which was adapted into a Lifetime movie, and Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You, winner of the AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction. Her previous book, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences, won the gold Foreword INDIE Book of the Year Award and the Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature. She is also the author of the craft book Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul, which won the IPPY Silver Award and was a finalist for two Foreword INDIE Awards. 

Sue William Silverman is an award-winning author known for her fearless explorations of trauma, identity, and personal transformation. Her latest book, Selected Misdemeanors: Essays at the Mercy of the Reader, showcases her signature blend of lyricism, insight, and unflinching honesty. She co-chairs the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and has appeared on The ViewAnderson Cooper 360, and PBS Books.


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YH25-35. Tara McGee’s Begin with Breath


Your Health is Your Choice with Sara Troy and her guest Tara McGee, formally known as Tara Rinke on air from September 2nd

Begin with Breath – Healing and Nervous System Health through Breathwork

I know what it feels like to live on edge—always performing, pleasing, and striving, yet secretly running on empty. Even with a background in psychology, I found myself looping through patterns of numbing, escaping, and abandoning myself until I discovered breathwork and nervous system regulation. That’s when I finally began prioritizing my relationship with myself and learned that my system wasn’t broken—it was wise, and it could be recalibrated. Now I help others move from anxious reactivity to steady resilience by showing them that when your system is balanced, you’re no longer governed by the need to survive—you’re free to thrive. Your breath is the remote control to your nervous system, and it’s the bridge back to yourself.



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Tara Rinke is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, breathwork instructor, and co-owner of Eleven Arrows Health in Nanaimo, BC. After years of people-pleasing and over functioning, she discovered the transformative power of nervous system regulation through breath. That awakening inspired her to found WithinBreath, where she now guides individuals and groups through embodied breathwork practices and transformational programs designed to help people address anxiety, regulate their nervous systems, and reconnect to themselves. Beyond her work, Tara is a mother, partner, daughter, and sister who loves the raw, real moments of human connection—whether through laughter, tears, or breath. Her life’s mission is to help others find the safety and freedom to be and express themselves fully, rooted in self-honour and carried by the breath.

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